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Evolution: The plasticity of plastids

Current Biology, 2023
Many chloroplast-bearing plants and algae lost their photosynthetic activity during evolution but retained their chloroplasts for other functions. A group of dinoflagellate algae apparently lost one half of their photosynthetic machinery but retained the other, providing a novel mechanism for light perception.
Howe, Christopher J, Nisbet, R Ellen R, Barbrook, Adrian C   +2 more
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The bRPS6-Family Protein RFC3 Prevents Interference by the Splicing Factor CFM3b during Plastid rRNA Biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plants, 2020
Plastid ribosome biogenesis is important for plant growth and development. REGULATOR OF FATTY ACID COMPOSITION3 (RFC3) is a member of the bacterial ribosomal protein S6 family and is important for lateral root development. rfc3-2 dramatically reduces the
Yumi Nagashima, Katsutomo Ohshiro, Akiyasu Iwase, Miyuki T. Nakata, Shugo Maekawa, Gorou Horiguchi   +5 more
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RNA-sequencing analysis of the msl2 msl3, crl, and ggps1 mutants indicates that diverse sources of plastid dysfunction do not alter leaf morphology through a common signaling pathway

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015
Determining whether individual genes function in the same or in different pathways is an important aspect of genetic analysis. As an alternative to the construction of double mutants, we used contemporary expression profiling methods to perform pathway ...
Darron R. Luesse, Margaret E. Wilson, Elizabeth S. Haswell   +2 more
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Sucrose Metabolism in Plastids [PDF]

Plant Physiology, 2001
Abstract The question whether sucrose (Suc) is present inside plastids has been long debated. Low Suc levels were reported to be present inside isolated chloroplasts, but these were argued to be artifacts of the isolation procedures used.
Gerrits, N., Turk, S.C.H.J., van Dun, K.P.M., Hulleman, H.D., Visser, R.G.F., Weisbeek, P.J., Smeekens, S.C.M.   +6 more
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Site-directed mutagenesis from Arg195 to His of a microalgal chloroplastidial glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase causes an increase in phospholipid levels in yeast

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
To analyze the contribution of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) to the first acylation of glycerol-3-phosphate (G-3-P), the present study focused on a functional analysis of the GPAT gene from Lobosphaera incisa (designated as LiGPAT) and the ...
Long-Ling eOuyang, Hui eLi, Xiao-Jun eYan, Ji-Lin eXu, Zhi-Gang eZhou   +4 more
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A phylogenetic mosaic plastid proteome and unusual plastid-targeting signals in the green-colored dinoflagellate Lepidodinium chlorophorum [PDF]

, 2010
Background Plastid replacements through secondary endosymbioses include massive transfer of genes from the endosymbiont to the host nucleus and require a new targeting system to enable transport of the plastid-targeted proteins across 3-4
Probert, Ian, Inagaki, Yuji, Kiyotaka Takishita, Kjetill S Jakobsen, Yuji Inagaki, Tørresen, Ole K, Dag Klaveness, Shalchian-Tabrizi, Kamran, Klaveness, Dag, Ole K Tørresen, Marianne A Minge, Jakobsen, Kjetill S, Takishita, Kiyotaka, Minge, Marianne A, Ian Probert, Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi   +15 more
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The Conservation of VIT1-Dependent Iron Distribution in Seeds

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
One third of people suffer from anemia, with iron (Fe) deficiency being the most common reason. The human diet includes seeds of staple crops, which contain Fe that is poorly bioavailable.
Seckin Eroglu, Nur Karaca, Katarina Vogel-Mikus, Katarina Vogel-Mikus, Anja Kavčič, Ertugrul Filiz, Bahattin Tanyolac   +6 more
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Novel Plastid-Nuclear Genome Combinations Enhance Resistance to Citrus Canker in Cybrid Grapefruit

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Host disease resistance is the most desirable strategy for control of citrus canker, a disease caused by a gram-negative bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri. However, no resistant commercial citrus cultivar has been identified.
Mayara M. Murata, Ahmad A. Omar, Ahmad A. Omar, Zhonglin Mou, Christine D. Chase, Jude W. Grosser, James H. Graham   +6 more
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Comparative analysis of the complete chloroplast genomes from six Neotropical species of Myrteae (Myrtaceae) [PDF]

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020
Myrteae is the largest and most diverse tribe within Myrtaceae and represents the majority of its diversity in the Neotropics. Members of Myrteae hold ecological importance in tropical biomes for the provision of food sources for many animal species ...
Nureyev F. Rodrigues, Natalia Balbinott, Igor Paim, Frank Guzman, Rogerio Margis   +4 more
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Secondary Structure of Chloroplast mRNAs In Vivo and In Vitro

Plants, 2020
mRNA secondary structure can influence gene expression, e.g., by influencing translation initiation. The probing of in vivo mRNA secondary structures is therefore necessary to understand what determines the efficiency and regulation of gene expression ...
Piotr Gawroński, Aleksandra Pałac, Lars B. Scharff   +2 more
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